Dear Ladies and gentlemen...

Hello from England!

Man, it's been almost a week already and I still can't believe that I'm back in England. I've packed up all my stuff now, and moved to the beautiful city of Lancaster! The place is small and really pretty, very much like one of those small towns that Enid Blyton so vividly describes in her story books. I've still got half of all my barang in Liverpool though... hopefully one of my kind friends will be able to help me drive them up this weekend.

So... new city, new friends, new beginning. I almost feel like a fresher again. Except this time, I'm not peeing in my pants worried about getting lost in the city (my sense of direction has improved!! Yes, very much so from the days when I still get lost at the Suntec city-citylink mall area). I'm trying to shake off the jet-lag too, and attempting to start being consistent from the first day of term.

Oh, before I forget, here is my new address:

30 West Street

Lancaster
LA1 4UJ

So if you're feeling kind and friendly, please keep some post coming. I get so jealous of my housemates cos they always seem to be having mail. As for me, I've not even received so much as a bank statement! Please be nice to me ok? Lol.

Anyway, here are the photos that we took during the 2 gatherings earlier on this month:

F3B4 and Jialin! I MISSED THEM ALL SO MUCH!

Having dinner at NYDC, Wheelock place

(to-be) Dr Zhang is a shy man. He hates the paparazzi.

F2!

F3- Jiaxin 翻白眼！哈哈。

Ze girls

B4

In typical 78 style, we took almost an hour to decide to move on to McCafe after dinner, and then to Toastbox! (p.s. the kaya toast there is AMAZIN')

RomeoX-- hey, how's the bowling going these days anyway?

Skinny but fierce! But I like. haha.

Everyone of these very-important-people in my life have managed to stay (almost) the same. Insane, hilarious and a whole bunch of fun. May we have many many many more such years of good ol' friendship to come!

The not-so-successful class outing 2 weeks later where all barr a few committed ones came late. Blame it on the rain. But it was good to meet up with everyone again. Even some people whom we never thought we'd meet again in a long time! (:

Alrighty ho, that marks the end of this long post. Looking at all these photos makes me miss home already! I <3>

Love.

Back from Hong Kong

Hello boys and girls, I'm back!!! ... and has already met up with Jacinth, Kahsuan and boyfren (Weijie).

Let me file a brief report on the Quality Control test we had yesterday.

Name: Poh Wei Jie
Gender: Male

Okay.. I've decided not to blog too much about our QC test yesterday. Those interested in knowing the results... well, I think Jacinth and I both gave a pass! so that's good enuff to know rite?

haha...ok end of story.

----Hong Kong-----

I was enrolled in Chinese University of Hong Kong for a month. Studying Chinese medicine and cantonese. It's a pretty nice school... if... it hasn't have slopes, hills, mountains, hot weather, humid like shit weather. Everyday, for me to go out... i have to take a lift down from my flat on level 7, go down to ground floor.. walk to the mountain.. and climb 7 floors worth of steep steps.. and then climb up a slope that is almost 30deg inclined. When I reach CCH Hostel, I have to take a lift up 10 floor to united college, then walk to the bus stop and wait for the bus.. which comes at 20 min interval?

This makes me appreciate shuttle bus A1, A2, C, D, and B...(for those who duno, these are NUS shuttle)...

okay enough of grumbling,... Hong Kong was nice.. cultures pretty similar i guess.. I mean.. i dun feel the culture shock when I just reached there. But I know some of the Westerners were unable to accept the food.. the environment etc.

Yeah, I had my fair share of shopping, eating and WALKING long distance... like from TST MTR to Mongkok KCR? Well.. i was shopping too.. and it took me abt 5-6 hours to walk from TST to Mongkok. I was mad!

So... what's the best I had?

Dim Sum - Maxim Palace at Mongkok. It was super crowded, me and my frens have to wait for at least an hour to get in. But it was a Sunday ... so maybe it's super crowded.

Egg Tarts - I love macau port. egg tarts. Otherwise, for the normal egg tarts, Central's one is one of the better tasting ones. It's called Tai Cheong bakery. Well, HK egg tarts are generally quite good. It's best to buy from those small bakeries that dun look very nice in appearance..well, what i meant is.. kinda run down. Dun be deceived by their appearances, their egg tarts are superb and it's fresh!

Road Side shopping - Basically, they are almost everywhere. Whether you like them anot, its another thing. These are the cheap bargains... really very cheap. Most tourists would prefer to go to Ladies Market.. but.. I recommend ... the street market at the cross road of Bute Street and Fa Yuen Street. Although they dun have as much stuff as ladies Market, I find the stuff there cheaper and not so crowded.

Super High End shopping - okay, this is easy. Just go to the malls that are introduced in guide books. For example, IFC mall, Pacific Place, Harbour City, ANY Lane Crawford, etc etc

Reasonable shopping (mid to high end) - Langham Place, New Town Plaza @ Shatin, SOGO, Causeway Bay (full of shopping areas...), H&M (aww, my favourite!), Festival Walk @ Kownloon Tong,

Best transportation to Hong Kong Island - FERRY.. cos it's damn cheap.. compared to MTR.

Food - erh.. i still prefer singapore food. BUT their roasted stuff are not bad. The skins are alwayz crispy. However, I realise... they dun serve alot of veggies so you mus order your own plate of veggie. Buy your own fruits from street market (cross road of Bute street and fa yuen street).

People - they speak cantonese ... and most can understand mandarin and speak a little. Some can speak english too.... so if you dun speak or understand cantonese, try mandarin, if not, try english.. if still cannot, take a map from the airport.. so that if you're lost, the map's in english! =P

well, streets in HK is.... SUPER crowded. ESPECIALLY in mongkok. it's madness... I didn't have any nasty experience of pickpocket.. so I guess it's relatively safe.well... jus be extra careful!

okay.. enuff of my review.. i dun wanna type anymore. BYEBYE